Tabula Rasa Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Alright, so then:Lent, in Christian tradition, is the period of the liturgical year leading up to Easter. The traditional purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer — through prayer, penitence, almsgiving and self-denial — for the annual commemoration during Holy Week of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the events linked to the Passion of Christ and culminates in Easter, the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Since we don't believe this nonsense anymore, instead of self-denial, what vices are you going to indulge in more than ever for the next forty days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 My lent will be to give up lent. More beer, to answer your question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagnarus Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Given that lent is nonsense, why would I do anything? Why should to what degree I indulge any particular vice be at all governed by some Christian tradition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YellowJacket Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I've really overloaded carbs today. I'll be sorry if I keep it up for 40 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpheliaGinger Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 CHEEEZZEECAKKKKEEE!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Redneck Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I need to cut down on the indulging. Been putting on some weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabula Rasa Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 Given that lent is nonsense, why would I do anything? Why should to what degree I indulge any particular vice be at all governed by some Christian tradition? Well, the thought I had, was to indulge more in what christians consider "vices" is a good way of extending the middle finger to the whole lot of nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvless Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I thought only Catholics do the lent thing? Anyways, I will start my morning off with a caffeine overdose off coffee and a cigarette before eating eggs and bacon. Then I will suck down nicotine supplements like candy drinking diet soda and energy drinks until dinner when I eat a nice slab of meat and wash it down with a beer. Wait a minute, I do that everyday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost_warlock Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I thought only Catholics do the lent thing? Lutherans also "do" lent. At least the church I grew up in did. About a week ago my mom asked me what I was going to give up for lent...which was weird because she knows I'm an atheist. I told her I was giving up self-denial. She made a funny face for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagan Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I'm wicked every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShackledNoMore Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Sex! Although I wouldn't consider it a "vice," perhaps unlike some xians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobbler Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Just transferred to a new job at a medium sized military hospital and my new supervisor whom I would classify as a nominal catholic yet follows tradition received her ashes on her forehead yesterday. She joked her Lent was to give up hope! LOL! They made an announcement on the PA system that the chaplain was at the hospital and would dispense ashes for anyone that wanted it. As I was walking the halls in the morning I noticed a lady with a "mark" on her forehead and I briefly glanced at it thinking it was birthmark. Throughout the day I kept on seeing more staff members with these "marks"! At first I thought that was odd that another lady had a birthmark on her forehead! Then it clicked they are fucking ashes in the shape of a cross on their foreheads! Duh! I never saw that before! I just had to chuckle to myself thinking what an idiotic tradition. What the fuck is the point of having ashes smeared on your forehead anyway? Maybe to remind us non-believers of the ashes of the fire and brimstone we are going to experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunaticheathen Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Living in a catholic city, (well, "catholic", heh) Lent is kind of just accepted, though the most that anyone seems to do is the "fish friday" thing. Which I don't mind, sales on seafood, count me in! Also, it spawned the tradition of Mardi Gras before Ash Wednesday, so it's not all bad. But, growing up, lots of Baptists seemed to get into the Lent thing as well. I told one bitchy girl at the fundie school that I gave up underwear for Lent. They finally left me alone on how "holy" I was being. Besides, here in New Orleans, religion is everywhere, but it's not taken all that seriously, overall. And we always have a reason to party! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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